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Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 8 May 1915

8th Worcestershire Losses – one killed, three wounded – Redditch Man killed – Four
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casualties in the 8 Battalion were reported on Thursday, including the first fatal case. This
is that of 2179 Pt. A. Danks, of “D” Company, of 72 Albert Road, Redditch, who was killed in
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action on the 2 inst. He leaves a widow.
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(On Ancestry site, military records, Private Alfred Danks Service No 2179, 1/8 Battalion,
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Worcestershire Regiment, born and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action on 2 May 1915 in
the Western European Theatre. Buried Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Hainaut,
Belgium.)

Private A. Danks,
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census Alfred aged 29, born in Redditch, single, Fish Hook Maker, lived with his father James Harry
Danks, born in Redditch aged 56, Manager at Fish Hook Factory and his second wife Mary Elizabeth Danks
aged 38 from Yorkshire. They lived at 111 Bromsgrove Road, Redditch.)

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